EDUCATION Dr. PANKAJ SHARADCHANDRA KOLHE Audumbar, Gajanan-wadi, Bhusawal Road, Faizpur. Pin: 425503 Email: pskolhe@gmail.com; kolhe001@crimson.ua.edu Contact # 02585-245246; Cell # (+91) 9403830942 PhD (Mechanical Engg), Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (August 2009) GPA: 4.0/4.0 MS (Mechanical Engg), Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (May 2008) GPA: 4.0/4.0 M.Tech. (Aerospace Engg), IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai. (August 2003) CPI: 8.82/10.0 B.E. (Mechanical Engg), Univ. of Pune, (August 1999) Grade: I st class with Distinction. WORK EXPERIENCE Assistant Research Engineer (Dept. of Mechanical Engg., Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa) 11/09 present Graduate Research Assistant 01/05 08/09 (Dept. of Mechanical Engg., Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa) Senior Research Assistant 02/03-07/04 (Dept. of Aerospace Engg., IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India) Graduate Research Assistant 07/01-01/03 (Dept. of Aerospace Engg. IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India) Research Interests Rainbow Schlieren Deflectometry o Flow geometry optimization for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. o Noise source detection and propagation in reacting and non-reacting flows. o Measurements of eddy convection velocity, length & time scales, mean and fluctuation intensity of scalars in turbulent flows. Phase Doppler Particle Analyzer o Characterizing nozzle spray characteristics for optimizing the flow recirculation geometry for liquid fuel combustion. o Investigating sensor array concepts for ultra high resolution spacetime cross correlations of velocity in turbulent flows. Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry 1
o Simultaneous whole field 3-component velocity measurements and validation of numerical models. Liquid Fuel Combustion o Thermal and catalytic partial oxidation of alternative fuels for syngas production. o Novel combustor designs for combustion of bio-mass and its byproduct derived fuels. o Investigation of liquid fuel combustion acoustics and its suppression concepts. o Low temperature combustion of diesel in CI engines. SPONSORED PROJECTS WORKED ON AT UNIV. OF ALABAMA High-Speed Rainbow Schlieren Deflectometry to Quantify Buoyancy Effects in Transitional/ Turbulent Gas Jet Flames, funded by NASA Small-Scale Flow Experiments to Support Development of Hydrogen Codes and Safety Standards, funded by Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore California. Biofuel Combustion, funded by Southern Company Low Emissions Burner Technology for Metal Processing Industry using Byproducts and Biomass Derived Liquid Fuels, funded by U.S. D.O.E. (Award Number: EE0001733) Institute for Sustainable Energy, funded by U.S. D.O.E. (Award Number: EE0003134) JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS 1. Kolhe P. S., Agrawal A. K. (2010), Investigation of the Cross-Beam Correlation Algorithm to Reconstruct Local Field Statistics from Line-of-Sight Measurements in Turbulent Flows, Flow Turbulence and Combustion. DOI: 10.1007/s10494-009-9244-9. 2. Kolhe P. S., Agrawal A. K. (2009), A Novel Spectral Analysis Algorithm to Obtain Local Scalar Field Statistics from Line of Sight Measurements in Turbulent Flows, Measurement Science and Technology, 20(11). DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/11/115402. 3. Kolhe P. S., Agrawal A. K., (2009) Techniques for Abel inversion of deflectometric data: assessment of accuracy and noise propagation, Applied optics, 48(20), pp.3894-3902. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ao.48.003894 4. Kolhe P. S., Agrawal A. K., (2009), Density Measurements in a Supersonic Microjet Using Miniature Rainbow Schlieren Deflectometry, AIAA Journal, 47(4), pp. 830-838. http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/10.2514/1.37332 2
5. Kolhe P. S., Agrawal A. K., (2007), Role of buoyancy on instabilities and structure of transitional gas jet diffusion flames, Flow Turbulence and Combustion, 79(4), pp. 343-360. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2fs10494-007-9098-y 6. Satti R. P., Kolhe P. S., Olcmen S., and Agrawal A. K., (2007), Miniature rainbow schlieren deflectometry system for quantitative measurements in microjets and flames, Applied Optics, 46(15), pp. 2954-2962. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ao.46.002954 7. Mahulikar S. P., Potnuru S. K., and Kolhe P. S., (2007) Analytical estimation of solid angle subtended by complex well-resolved surfaces for infrared detection studies, Applied Optics, 46(22), pp. 4991-4996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ao.46.004991 8. Mahulikar S. P., Rao G. A., and Kolhe P. S., (2006), Infrared signatures of low-flying aircraft and their rear fuselage skin s emissivity optimization, Journal of Aircraft, 43(1), pp. 226-232. http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/1.15365?journalcode=ja 9. Mahulikar S. P., Kolhe P. S., and Rao G. A., (2005) Skin-temperature Prediction of aircraft rear fuselage with multimode thermal model, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 19(1), pp. 114-124. http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/1.6299?journalcode=jtht TECHNICAL ARTICLES IN PREPARATION 1. Chaganti Narendra, Kolhe P. S., and Semih Ölçmen, Study of Shock-wave Boundary-layer Interaction using Rainbow Schlieren Deflectometry. Submittted to Experiments in Fluids for review. 2. Kolhe P. S., Agrawal A. K., Space-time correlation measurements in turbulent low density jets using ultra-high speed rainbow schlieren deflectometry. (Targeted Journal: Journal of Fluid Mechanics) 3. Kolhe P. S., Agrawal A. K., Scalar measurements in a turbulent round helium jet using rainbow schlieren Deflectometry. (Targeted Journal: Experiments in Fluids) 4. Kolhe P. S., Agrawal A. K., Application of optical deflectometry to eddy convection velocity measurements in a turbulent round helium jet. (Targeted Journal: Applied Optics) 5. Kolhe, P.S., Panchasara H.V., and Agrawal, A.K., Effect of swirl on non-reacting vegetable-oil spray with and without preheating. (Targeted Journal: Atomization and Sprays) 3
6. Kolhe, P.S., Panchasara H.V., and Agrawal, A.K., Flame spray characteristics of preheated vegetable-oil sprays using an air-blast atomizer. (Targeted Journal: Energy and Fuels) 7. Panchasara H.V., Kolhe, P.S., and Agrawal, A.K., Enclosed flames spray characteristics and emissions with preheated vegetable-oil using an air-blast atomizer. (Targeted Journal: Combustion Science and Technology) CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS 1. Kolhe P. S., Agrawal A. K., Turbulence Measurements for Numerical Validation Acquired by Ultra High-speed Rainbow Schlieren Deflectometry. AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2014: 52nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, National Harbor Maryland, 13-17 January 2014. 2. Kolhe P. S., Agrawal A. K., Rainbow schlieren deflectometry for statistical description of turbulent Low-Density Jets. 8 th US National Combustion Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, May 19-22, 2013. 3. Kolhe, P.S., and Agrawal, A.K., (2012), Ultra high speed rainbow schlieren deflectometry for turbulence measurements in jets and flames, Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute Dayton, Ohio, April 22-24, 2012. 4. Jiang L., Kolhe P.S., Taylor R.P., and Agrawal A.K., Measurements in a combustor operated on alternative fuel, 50 th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, January 6-9, 2012. 5. Simmons B M, Kolhe P S, Taylor R P, and Agrawal A. K. (2010), Glycerol combustion using flow-blurring atomization, Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, March 21-23, 2010. 6. Kolhe, P.S., and Agrawal, A.K., (2009), A spectral analysis algorithm to obtain scalar turbulence data from deflectometric measurements, 47 th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Orlando, Florida, AIAA Paper-2009-73. 7. Kolhe, P.S., and Agrawal, A.K., 2008, Scalar measurements in under-expanded micro-jets, 46 th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, Nevada, AIAA Paper 2008-238. 8. Kolhe, P.S., Ivanchenko, O., Agrawal, A.K., and, Olcmen, S., 2008, Experimental measurement of density, pressure, and temperature fields in a supersonic free jet using 4
rainbow schlieren deflectometry, 46 th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, Nevada, AIAA Paper 2007-237. 9. Satti, R., Kolhe P. S., Olcmen S. and Agrawal, A.K., (2007), Quantitative scalar measurements in micro jets and flames, 45 th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, Nevada, AIAA Paper 2007-0933. 10. Kolhe, P.S., and Agrawal, A.K., (2007), Role of buoyancy on instabilities in transitional gas jet diffusion flames, 5 th US Combustion Meeting, San Diego, CA, Paper D-04- Fundamentals. 11. Satti, R., Kolhe, P.S., and Agrawal, A.K., (2006), Crossbeam rainbow schlieren deflectometry technique for scalar measurements in turbulent flows, 44 th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, Nevada, AIAA Paper-2006-1096. 12. Satti, R., Kolhe, P.S., Olceman, S., and Agrawal, A.K., (2006), Rainbow schlieren deflectometry apparatus for diagnostics in micro-scale flow systems, Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute Cleveland, Ohio. 13. Kolhe, P.S., Wong, T., and Agrawal, A.K., (2005), An investigation of flickering behavior in transitional gas jet diffusion flames, 4 th Joint Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, Philadelphia, PA, Paper D16. 5